When Disaster Is Caused by a Crime

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When Disaster Is Caused by a Crime

• Dr. Will Marling
• The National Organization for Victim Assistance

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NOVA

• The National Organization
• for Victim Assistance
• is a
• Network of Victim Assets

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What is NOVA?

• Crisis Intervention Training Network
• Victim Advocacy Training Network
• Policy Awareness Education
• Direct Service 800-TRY-NOVA

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The NOVA Network
NOVA
Centralized
Decentralized
Distributed
Scale-Free
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Crime victims reactions
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Crime victims reactions
Questions crime victims ask How do you pick
up the threads? How do you go on? Conclusions
crime victims draw There is no going
back There are some some things time cannot
mend There are some hurts that go too deep.
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Specific Elements

• Intentional Human Causality

London Metro Bombings
Va. Tech Massacre
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Specific Elements

• Low Point vs. No Low Point

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Specific Elements

• Secondary Victimization

System(s)
Processes
People
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Specific Elements

• Forced, life-long triggers

Parole hearings
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Specific Symptoms/Reactions

• Anger
• Guilt/Shame

• Fear

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Specific Protocol EPI

• Early Psychological Intervention
• Training protocols NOVA, Critical Incident
  Stress Management, Psychological First Aid, etc.

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Specific Responses TACT

• Think Victim Relations NOT Victim Care
• What are you really good atfor real?
• Sometimes the key is a change of perspective

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Specific Responses TACT

• Act Give control options.

Victims have lost control!
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Specific Responses TACT

• Cohort Seek affinity options

Closure
Closure
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Specific Responses TACT

• Transfer Involve Victim Advocates

• Crime victims may have access to specific
  services.
• Crime victims may have access to victim
  compensation.

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Exercise

• Facilitator Person whose birthday is closest to
  today.
• Scribe Person with the oldest car.

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TACT

• Think Act Cohort Transfer

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Thank you!

• Will Marling, Executive Director
• The National Organization for Victim Assistance
• www.trynova.org
• willmarling_at_trynova.org
• 703-535-6682